A new study has narrowed down the region of the genome that drives the black color in throat and face of warblers by studying the hybrid offspring produced when two species mate.

A dramatic oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago, can dominate headlines for months while scientists, policymakers and the public fret over what happens to all that oil in the environment.

Synthetic Aperture Radar is offering scientists a new way to measure how much of the potent greenhouse gas is bubbling up from frozen Arctic lakes.

Some toxin-producing algae can be harmful to human health when the algae are present in high numbers.

Electrifying an Uber or Lyft car can save three times more carbon than a personally owned EV

The amount of energy used for cloud computing, which contributes to climate change, needs to be more transparent says an Imperial researcher.

Scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory use computer models and observations to understand hurricanes and other tropical storms and advance the science of predicting them.

When a bicycle gets wet in the rain, the frame and chain become corroded or rusty which shorten the life of the bike. 

Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi, but there is a growing environmental and economic case for them, according to new research laying out radical ways of putting food on our plates.

A new study reveals how climate change has enabled a voracious crab species to dramatically alter salt marsh ecosystems across the southeastern U.S.